ANSONIA — “Rock The Valley” is scheduled for 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24 at Nolan Field in Ansonia.
The rain date is Sunday, Aug. 25.
Click here for the Ansonia Cultural Commission’s Facebook page.
Nolan Field is on Wakelee Avenue, at the intersection of Wakelee and Franklin Street (exit 19 off Route 8). Click here for a Google map.
To keep up-to-date on the event, please click here for the city’s official Facebook page.
The Bands
Celtic magician Daniel Greenwolf will be performing and emceeing “Rock the Valley” this year.
This year DRAW THE LINE, an Aerosmith tribute band, is headlining the festival. Draw the Line’s members are from Boston, and they’ve been together an impressive 30 years.
Check out this video about them from their YouTube page, and click here for the band’s Facebook page:
Other bands performing at “Rock the Valley” include:
RIPCHORD, a band comprised of citizen soldiers from from the Connecticut 102nd Army National Guard Band.They’ve played in Ansonia before. Want a sample?
Here they are tearing through Chicago’s legendary opus, “25 or 6 to 4:”
ELECTRIC LADY BAND USA, featuring Ansonia’s state Sen. George Logan. This is, as you might have guessed from the band’s name, a tribute to the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Didn’t know the senator rocks out? Here’s Logan and his bandmates performing “Purple Haze” in 2018 at the Pit Stop Cafe in Milford:
XYZ REVISITED, featuring original XYZ guitarist Bobby Pieper.
Here’s the band performing in front of Ansonia City Hall a few years back:
Other Attractions
In addition to live music, “Rock the Valley” will feature:
* A beer garden
* Crafters
* Food
* Live petting zoo
* Kids zone
* Fireworks at night to close the event
Tickets, Parking, Other Info
Admission is $3. Children 12 and under get in for free.
Tickets are on sale at Ansonia City Hall, 253 Main St., or can be purchased at the gate the day of the event. Go to the city government’s official website for other locations to buy tickets.
Interesting in vending? The deadline is Aug. 16. Click here for a vendor application. Contact info is listed on the application.
Parking is available at the location. Don’t park on Wakelee Avenue. Additional parking is available at Tri-Town Plaza, 850 Derby Ave. in Seymour (less than a mile away).
Parking is free, and free shuttle buses will take people to and from Tri-Town.
“Rock the Valley” is a community event organized by Mayor David Cassetti’s administration and the Ansonia Cultural Commission.
“Rock the Valley” is sponsored by Farrel Pomini and Country Disposal Services LLC.
